The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-18
Ladies' Department.
New York Fashions.

English tailors are making coverts
coats for spring of dark shades of
green, terra Gotta, wine or brown
cloth in preference to the light
shades used last year. On these new
coats strapped seams are used in the
back, on the long seam in the middle
of the front, and on the sleeves; the
darts and under arm seams are
plainly sewed or else they may be
Tapped, but not strapped Dark
green cloth coveIts coats with their
double breasted fronts fastened by
smooth bone buttons, and with a
turned down collar covered with
velvet, will be very fashionable for
spring, and will be worn late in the
season with any brown, ecru green,
or black dress, or with black lace
dresses, and are even thought suit
able for putting on over wash dress
es in the country Other green jack
cts of corkscrew diagonal are made
single breasted. with a fawn-colored
cloth vest showing only at top and
bottom, and are richly braided with
black tubular braid. The standing
collar is of the fawn-color, but out
side this is rolled collar of green
cloth.
The University collar, curved OPP
en- below the throat, is added to
single.breasted jackets, and thus
permits the wearing of higher collars
than if the standing band is straight
around the neck and closed in front
Many of these collars are two and g.
hall inches high, with stiff buckram
interlining, yet are not uncomfort-
able. Single-breasted jacksts are
again made with two darts, and are
very closely fitted; this is especial
" true of the military coats made of
Queens tweed of dark blue. with
white serge revers and collar, and
some gilt cord as edging, and in fig
ures in the corners of the collar,
the revers, and the ' inside the
waists.
Fawn color will he a favorite tor
dressy jackets. with trimmings of
gilt cord and mohalr braid on soft
fine. vet rough twijled fabric known
to English tailors as securing cloth.
This is made 10 single breasted jack
cts with oraiding up each dart in
curved rows, with an inside cord of
gilt which terminates at the top in
q leaf of many close rows of the gilt.
Similar trimmings are on the collar
and down the sleeves, curving up
ward at the wrists,
Hair-striped cloths-black, brown,
or blue, with lines of white or OF
ecru or red-were introduced last
wear, and will be closan again for
general wear. Blue gray coats in
checks and in inch bars or plaids are
stylish, also those of tan brown ker
sew cloth made with loose fronts
that button only once, just below
the notched collar, and hang straight
thence. Shepherds checked twilled
cloths, black, brown or blue, with
white. are used for morning coats in
either the loose shape just mention
ed or in closely fitted single breast.
ed garments.
For travelling are long loose
cloaks of brown wool canvas, lined
with gray striped surahs. made wit
new sling sleeees that hang in Ion
points down the sides and are trim.
med with GALLON of embroidery
like that on India shawls. The front
laps to the left side, where it has a
brown velvet revers. Striped gray
canvas cloths of pure wool, but light
in weight. checked and barred Chev'
lots, and plain cameps-hair are made
in the same way. English Chcviot
and tweed ulsters, in checks plaids
or stripes, haye loose fronts attach
ed TO yoke, and closely fitted
back
Mantles for early spring wear
are of the scarf shapes with
the back merely a round cape
barely reaching to the waist line
and long mantllla fronts. The new.
est Of these and the richest are Of
colored velvet of some subdued
shade-nouse, brown, or gray
nearly covered with swinging strings
and loops of beads of the most var
led colors, the edges are cut in
,,o;nts and finished with a fringe OF